Another employer has been forced to backtrack, after adopting a heavy-handed approach in their response to those choosing to exercise their right not to be vaccinated.
Arbitrator Mark Wright has ruled in a case between the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and former employee, Jill Thompson, a Child and Youth Counsellor since 2003.
Ontario business owner Alexandra Stewart has been handed a heavy blow by the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay. She was convicted on 36 out of 38 separate offences under the Reopening Ontario Act and the Health Protection and Promotion Act for tickets issued between January and April of 2021.
In a case brought forward by the Union of Postal Communications Employees (UPCE) against the employer, Canada Post, arbitrator Michelle Flaherty has found Canada Post’s policy on mandatory vaccination for employees who work entirely remotely, is unreasonable, as was the subsequent suspension without pay applied to these individuals.
Vaccine Choice Canada (VCC) has filed a “Notice of Discontinuance” for their legal action filed on July 6, 2020. For reasons they have made clear in their statement, they believe that the current state of our justice system in Canada is unlikely to support an just decision in their case and, for the sake of protecting the defendants, have chosen to forgo this legal action.
The Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA) Executive Director Joseph Hickey has been granted leave to appeal an earlier decision preventing him from arguing the constitutionality of classifying an employee’s refusal of the Covid vaccine as “misconduct”.